American Studies Graduate Students
| Graduate Student Information | |
|---|---|
 | Alexandra Sutton Lawrence Pronoun: (She/Her) Degrees obtained: 2017, PhD Environment, Duke University; 2009, M.S. Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2007, BS Biology, Howard University Email: alexasl@ad.unc.edu Keywords of Study: Afro-Indigenous, American Indian, Native American, Aframerindian, African American, Afro-Native, Black and Native Studies Personal Website: https://about.me/lexasutton LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aesutton |
 | Amy Grossmann Pronoun: (--/--) Degrees obtained: 1997, BA Music / Mathematics, SUNY Geneseo; 2005, MA Arts Management, American University Email: agrossmann@unc.edu Keywords of Study: public folklore, festivals LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amygrossmann/ |
| Anna Hamilton Pronoun: (She, Her, Hers ) Degrees obtained: BA Humanities, New College of Florida; MA Southern Studies, University of Mississippi Email: anna.hamilton@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Environmental Humanities, Climate Crisis, Hurricanes, Place-Making, Oral History, Foodways, American South |
 | Ari Green Pronoun: (She/Her) 2016, BA History, California State University, Sacramento; 2020, MA Public History, California State University, Sacramento; Email: aagreen@unc.edu Keywords of Study: African American Urban History, Race and Space, Displacement, Gentrification, Community-Based Research, Historic Preservation |
| Arielle Smith Pronoun: (She/Her) Degrees obtained: 2023, MA Folklore, University of North Carolina. 2012, BA Africana Women Studies, Bennett College for Women Email: Arielles@ad.unc.edu Keywords of Study: African Diaspora, Folk Studies |
 | Brittany Monique Marea Hutchinson Pronoun: (She/Her/His ) Degrees obtained: 2009, BA Anthropology, Wayne State University; 2014, MA Museum Studies, Morgan State University Email: Bhutchi@unc.edu Keywords of Study: African American History, African American Cultural Expression, Museums, Late 20th Century Popular Culture, Material Culture, Historical Archaeology, Black Feminist Theory, Great Migration |
 | Dana Mulligan Pronouns: she/her Degrees Obtained: 2020, B.S. Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech Email Address: danajm@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Appalachia, agriculture, food security, queer theory, climate change, folklore |
| Elizabeth Manekin |
 | Emily McDonnell (Citizen of the Navajo Nation) Pronoun: (She/Her/Hers) Degrees obtained: B.S. with minor in American Indian Studies (University of Arizona) M.P.A. (Arizona State University) Email:emcdonnell@unc.edu Keywords of Study: American Indian/Indigenous Studies (AIIS), Cultural and Political Geography, Collective Memory, Cultural Tourism, Heritage Sites, National Parks, Contemporary Indigenous Identity (U.S. and Central America) |
 | Frankie Bauer |
| Irene Newman Pronoun: (She/Her) Degrees obtained: BA American Studies and Peace, War & Defense, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2021, MA American Studies, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Email: inewman@email.unc.edu Keywords of Study: Violence, white power organizing, southern studies, late 20th century |
 | Kimber Heinz Pronoun: (She/Her and They/Them) Degrees obtained: MA, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and MA, History/Museum Studies, UNC Greensboro Email: kjheinz@email.unc.edu Keywords of Study: Carceral studies, public history, US social movements, feminism, Southern violence, antimilitarism, Critical Ethnic Studies, nonviolence Personal Website: https://scaffoldexhibits.com/about-us LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimber-heinz-081931125/ |
| Lauren Rekhelman Pronouns: she/her Degrees Obtained: 2017, BA Theater, Whitman College Email Address: rekhellm@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Memory Studies, Jewish Folklore, Oral History, Performance |
| Melody Hunter-Pillion Pronoun: (She/Her and Hers) Degrees obtained: M.A. Liberal Studies, Duke University; B.A. Communication, North Carolina State University Email: melody@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Oral history, African American Cultural Traditions, Atlantic World Slavery, Climate Change Linkin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-hunter-pillion-976aa09/ |
 | Miquell Shaw Pronoun: (He/Him/His) Degrees obtained: BA Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Richmond Email: miqtshaw@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Black Philosophical Thought, Existentialist Literature/Thought, Anti-Blackness, Coloniality |
 | Paige McClure (Citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma) Pronouns: She/They Degrees Obtained: BA History with a Minor in Public History, University of Northern Iowa University Email Address: pmcclure@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Indigenous Studies, 20th Century, Digital Humanities |
 | Rebecca Bernstein Pronouns: She/Her Degrees Obtained: 2009, BA Dramatic Art, (Minors: Creative Writing, Folklore), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Email: rbernst@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Environmental folklore, narrative, archives |
| Sara Graybeal Pronoun: (She/Her) Degrees obtained: 2010, BA Anthropology, Macalester College; 2020, MFA Fiction, UNC-Greensboro Email: graysa@unc.edu Keywords of Study: race, class, gender, environment, American South Personal Website: https://saragraybeal.com |
| Sarah Torgeson Pronoun: (She/Her) Degrees obtained: 2014, BA History, Yale University; 2020, MA American Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Email: sarah.torgeson@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Critical disaster studies, feminist care ethics, U.S. Gulf South environmental history, aging studies, oral history, hurricanes, climate change |
 | Shannon Wheeler Pronoun: (--/--) Degrees obtained: Masters at the University of Alabama Email: swheels@unc.edu |
 | Simiyha Garrison Pronoun: (She/Her ) Degrees obtained: BA Africana Studies, Winston-Salem State University. BA, History Winston-Salem State University. Masters of Heritage Studies & Public History Email: sgarrisgarri@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Foodways, Space, & Race |
 | Spencer George Pronoun: (She/Her) Degrees obtained: B.A., Barnard College, English and Human Rights, concentration in Creative Writing Email: spenceg@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Rural Artistry, Narrative Practice, Community Theory, the American South, Storytelling and Representation Personal Website: https://www.goodfolksonly.org LinkedIn: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-george-b22701137/ |
| Susie Penman Pronoun: (She/Her) Degrees Obtained: 2007, BA Journalism, University of Mississippi; 2012 MA Southern Studies, University of Mississippi; 2018 MFA Documentary Expression, University of Mississippi Email: susiepenman@unc.edu Keywords of Study: New Orleans, district attorney, politics, law, incarceration |
 | Tony Royle Pronoun: (He/Him/His ) Degrees obtained: 2015 BA History, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2015 BA Romance Languages- Italian, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2017 MA American Studies, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Email: tony_royle@unc.edu Keywords of Study: Blackness, Film and Media, Science-Fiction/Fantasy/Superheroes, Transnationalism, Youth Resistance |
| Zachary Faircloth Pronoun: (He/Him) Degrees obtained: 2018, BA Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University; 2020, MA Religious Studies, University of Florida Email: zhf@unc.edu Keywords of Study: race; place; culture; material; vernacular; South |